The Associations between Lifestyle Habits and Anxiety
A Prospective Study on Adolescents One Year after the Outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Changes in lifestyle during the pandemic may have predisposed adolescents to vulnerability to poor mental health. This study aims to evaluate these changes and their association with the course of anxiety. A prospective study was conducted with 153 participants (16 years old, 72% female) who were assessed before the pandemic (T0, November 2019-January 2020) and one year later (T1, April-May 2021). Lifestyle habits (free-time activities, maladaptive behaviors, sleep, screen use) and anxiety were measured. Data concerning experiences related to COVID-19 and family relations during lockdown were collected. A worsening in lifestyle habits and anxiety was found. Of note, the pattern of associations between lifestyle habits and anxiety was quite different in the two time-points, suggesting that the purpose and the impact of some habits may be changed after the pandemic. Regression analyses showed that increases in anxiety were associated with increases in sleep problems, heightened efforts to reduce screen time, and loneliness. Pathway analysis revealed the absence of cross-lagged effects among anxiety, screen use, and sleep, while concurrent associations between variables were found in both the assessments. These results suggest possible long-term effects of the pandemic. Risk-factors associated with the course of anxiety were identified among lifestyle habits, thus contributing to identifying targets for interventions
Anxiety · Association (psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Loneliness · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Pandemic · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Screen time · Vulnerability (computing · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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